This week I decided to take the same picture, and do an iPhone edit as well. Original photo was shot with my DSLR, with a 50mm prime lens. I bounces a flash at 1/16th power off a purple box lid.
iPhone edit- using the app Diptic, I split the image into 3 and saturated the middle image, while desaturation the outside ones.
well... this is the start of my 52 week photo project. i plan on at least on picture a week. depending on how it goes more will be uploaded as a bonus. if you think of anything you would like to see, please leave some comments and let me know.
thanks
Ok, to start this off, i cannot remember the name of this man to save my life..But i remember his story. maybe i should carry a note pad or something... but i digress.
this was a normal summer day, walking around down town. It was overcast, and a very contrasty day, so of course i was excited to bring out my camera!! after about 20 minuets of walking around it started to rain a little. i took shelter under the Zambro's awning with this gentleman.
the first this that stood out, was his chair! this was a giant expression of this man's character. almost instantly he said hi, and introduced himself. we got to talking about his chair and everything on it. the tail happens to be my favorite.
after about 20 mins of being stuck, i asked him if he would mind me taking some pictures of his chair, he obliged, and then noticed my scar on the back of my neck. he then started to tell me his story.
this man was a avid motorcycle rider, one day while riding he was hit by a large pick up truck. he was slowing down to make a turn on Cliff and Benson avenue. he was struck from behind, and drug, under the truck, to where Marlins Grill is now located. he suffered a broken neck, back, hip, and multiple other bones. he was in a coma for close to 6 months after the accident. according to him he was still able to hear the things around him and knew of his situation, but he could do nothing to wake up. he told me " i broke almost everything i could, and lost so much blood, but i did not lose a drop of shit, im still full of it". the best sense of humor ever.
he has been confined to this chair for over ten years. after about a year he decided to make it his own, just like he would with his motorcycle. he gave it the same personality he has, and possibly a little more attitude. you cant even see most of the little details in these photos but, he told me "if they are going to stare, i'm going to give them something entertaining to look at". again with the sense of humor...
i guess this would go under the category of "Don't judge a book by it's cover" this was possibly one of the most approachable, and nicest person i have ever had the pleasure of photographing. and i cant wait to run into more people in the future.
jon
my son, playing with the fish in our back yard.
60 degrees in November, i could not miss this chance to walk around with my camera.
I went out one night looking to try some star pictures. i went to a familiar spot. i had shot there before, the same spot i shot Country Evening. after a couple hours of waiting for the moon to set, i started getting some alright shots, based on the low level camera body i own.
i heard some weird noises coming from the field behind me, i turned on my iPhone flashlight and spun around, i saw two rather large eyes, about a foot off the ground, reflecting back at me from about 50 feet away. i shuffled my feet a bit to scare it, then it stood up and stepped forward. that is when i realized it was a coyote...
i reached down and grabbed a handful of rocks and started throwing them. one pegged it right in its snout and it ran into the field. i grabbed my camera gear as fast as i could and ran back to my car. after sitting in my car for a few seconds i could hear the coyote yipping in the field.... and then i heard two others yipping back.
this is officially the best photography story i have to date... hopefully many more to come!!!
Going to miss stuff like this.... I hate winter.....
this is a result of a young gun in town, pushing this old man to try new things.... thanks Devin.
Found some random pictures on my computer and decided to play with them on my iPad 2. Both were tuned up with snapspeed on my iPad 2.
went for a drive with my camera in hand. found this spot and decided to try my first panoramic photo.
Forgot about this picture. This is my buddy Brian, well, just being Brian...
Snuck into an old building down town. Seriously almost fell through the floor. This place had a bunch of cool things, but was lacking structural integrity. I used my phone for this one.
Taken with trueHDR.
fisheye fun...